Multidetector-Row Computed Tomography and Colonoscopy for Detecting a Rectal Dieulafoy Lesion as a Source of Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

Multidetector-Row Computed Tomography and Colonoscopy for Detecting a Rectal Dieulafoy Lesion as a Source of Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

A Dieulafoy lesion of the rectum is a very rare entity that can cause massive lower gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage. Identifying the bleeding point is sometimes difficult because these lesions are very small. We herein describe an 82-year-old man with active hemorrhage due to a rectal Dieulafoy les...

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Main Authors: Manabu Kaneko, Hiroaki Nozawa, Yosuke Tsuji, Shigenobu Emoto, Koji Murono, Takeshi Nishikawa, Kazuhito Sasaki, Kensuke Otani, Toshiaki Tanaka, Keisuke Hata, Kazushige Kawai, Kazuhiko Koike
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2018-04-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Dieulafoy lesion
Hemorrhage
Endoscopic hemostasis
Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/488973

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